11-letter words containing c, l, a, k
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- koulibiacas — Plural form of koulibiaca.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
- lake annecy — a lake in E France, in the Alps
- lake effect — the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lake-effect — caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
- latticelike — Resembling a lattice.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- laugh track — a separate sound track of prerecorded laughter added to the sound track of a radio or television program to enhance or feign audience responses.
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- leucoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- leukoplakic — Relating to leukoplakia.
- life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
- luff tackle — a tackle having a double block and a single block, giving a mechanical advantage of three or four, neglecting friction, depending on which is the standing and which is the running block.
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- makhachkala — an autonomous republic in the SW Russian Federation on the W shore of the Caspian Sea. 19,421 sq. mi. (50,300 sq. km). Capital: Makhachkala. Formerly Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- marble cake — a cake given a streaked, marblelike appearance by the incomplete mixing of dark, especially chocolate, and light batters.
- marketplace — an open area in a town where a market is held.
- meal ticket — Carl Owen ("King Carl"; "The Meal Ticket") 1903–88, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- multi-track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.